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Guerrilla Tactics
The Vietcong were the military branch of the National Liberation Front (NLF), and they were commanded by the Central Office for South Vietnam, which can be located near the Vietnam and Cambodian border. The Vietcong had depended on the Ho Chi Minh trail for arms, ammunition and special equipment. The main forces of the Vietcong units were all uniformed and full-time soldiers that were used to launch large scale offensives. Like the main force, regional forces were also full-time, but they operated only within their own districts. When necessary, small regional units would unite for large scale attacks. If the enemy pressure ever became too great, than they would break down into smaller units and scatter everywhere. Unlike the main troops, the local Vietcong groups had tended to be far less confident. Recruits were teenagers, and others had been pressured or shamed into joining. They had also harbored real doubts about their ability to fight heavily armed and well-trained American soldiers. Most main force Vietcong troops were armed with Chinese versions of the Russian AK-47 sub machine gun by mid-1960. The Vietcong had highly effective rocket propelled grenade and recoilless rifles. Most of the weapons were homemade in villages. The materials had ranged from scavenged tin cans to discarded wire, however, the most important ingredients were provided by the enemy. In one year, dud American bombs could leave more than 20,000 tons of explosives that were scattered around the Vietnamese countryside. Volunteers could retrieve all the duds after air-raids to create new weapons.